viable
\vjabl\
The verdict
“viable” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,820
- frequency rank, French
- 2,061
- “V” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 19
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est apte à vivre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-viable · viable · French
viable · rank #14,820 · 8 variants · 19 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,820
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,061
- PHOTO-FINISH vestiaires
Nearest frequency peer: vestiaires (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « viable »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- tropicale
tropicale
85,184 corpus weight
- Vaucluse
Vaucluse
85,183 corpus weight
- vestiaires
vestiaires
85,182 corpus weight
- viable
viable
85,181 corpus weight
- vieillir
vieillir
85,180 corpus weight
- vocal
vocal
85,179 corpus weight
What this shows « viable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | viable |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \vjabl\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #14,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 19 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « viable »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around viable (IPA \vjabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,820 among 2,061 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for viable, with forms such as "ivable", "vaible", and "viabble". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "vile", "vibe", "vial", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is viable, spelled V-I-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui est apte à vivre.
- 2Qui a de bonnes chances de pouvoir perdurer, de pouvoir aboutir aux résultats escomptés.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how viable appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On fait tremper les embryons dans une solution de chlorure de tétrazolium à 1 % dans un tampon phosphate (Ph 6,5-7,5) pendant 15 à 20 heures à 30 °C. Ne sont considérées comme viables que les semences entièrement colorées en rouge ou celles dont la pointe de la radicule, soit le tiers des cotylédons n'est pas coloré.
Brüder répéta ses instructions, mais c'était inutile, elle savait qu'il avait raison. Face à une pandémie potentielle, le confinement total était la seule solution viable.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivable
- vaible
- viabble
- viabel
- viablle
- vialbe
- vibale
- vviable
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of viable - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).